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Item Ships From: USA
Technique: Hand-Crafted
Shagreen Sculptural Vase with Pen Shell and Brass Details by R&Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
The Artemis small sculptural vase is a graphic piece that adds a statement to any space. The bold pattern is inlaid in a mixture of coal black & grey shagreen, black pen shell and br...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Deconstructed Tower Sculpture in Bronze-Patina Brass by Patrick Coard, Paris
Located in New York, NY
Patrick Coard Paris launches a unique and beautiful sculptural object collection. The deconstructed Tower is geometric and sleek with it's delicate but defined details. The piece is ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Post Modern Italian Column Green Marble Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful pair of postmodern marble bookends from Italy. These sizeable pieces of marble are captivating as they are commanding. The veining that develops on the green marble with gr...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Birds Eye Sculpture in Bronze-Patina Brass by Patrick Coard, Paris
Located in New York, NY
Patrick Coard Paris launches a unique and beautiful sculptural object collection. The bird's-eye is geometric and sleek with its delicate but defined details. The piece is entirely h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Glazed Ceramic Figurines or Ring Holders by Kaley Flowers
Located in New York, NY
Each of Kaley Flowers’ creations are one-of-a-kind, imbued with Flowers’ own well-cultivated aesthetic. These talisman-like figurines are bursting with playful depth, imaginatively ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Nico Lamp, Sculptural Contemporary Hand-Built Ceramic Table Lamp in Matte White
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Nico is a hand-built sculptural ceramic table lamp that inspires the joy of working with hands through unpacking, assembling and balancing weights. The handmade ceramic globes and th...
Category
2010s American Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
1960s Mid Century Modern Abstract Metal "Wall Jewelry" Sculpture Harry Bertoia
Located in Peoria, AZ
MAGNIFICENT!
BRUTALIST HANDWORKED
SCULPTED METAL WALL ART
Attributed to Harry Bertoia.
INCREDIBLE WELDS, WORKMANSHIP & DESIGN!
HUGE!
Approximately 42" x 35" and up to 8" Deep...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Wooden Geometric Icosahedron Objet D' Art
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Mid-century hand-crafted pine wood icosahedron objet d'art. The pine object has 20 sides consisting of triangles each made from three pieces of wood slats. Constructed in a primitive...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Pine
Untitled, Boxwood sculpture by Nairi Safaryan
Located in Santa Clarita, CA
Each stunning piece is hand carved to the limits of the wood's capacity by combining technical knowledge with artistic talent. Carving several layers deep, Nairi Safaryan's expert ha...
Category
2010s American Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Walnut, Boxwood
Abstract Sculptures in Bronze-Patina Brass by Patrick Coard Paris
Located in New York, NY
Patrick Coard Paris launches a unique and beautiful sculptural collection. The Sky and Moon sculptures create an ethereal and contemporary expression. The pair are entirely handcraft...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
African Beauty I, Ebony, Boxwood, Cocobolo Wood sculpture by Nairi Safaryan
Located in Santa Clarita, CA
Each stunning piece is hand carved to the limits of the wood's capacity by combining technical knowledge with artistic talent. Carving several layers deep, Nairi Safaryan's expert ha...
Category
2010s American Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Other, Gold Plate
Brutalist Abstract Welded Steel Sculpture
Located in Palm Springs, CA
1970’s Brutalist Abstract welded steel sculpture on a wooden base.
In original vintage condition.
Measurements:
19” Wide, 10.5” Deep, 20.5” High.
Base is 11.5” Wide, 4” Deep.
Category
1970s American Brutalist Vintage Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Grape Jewelry Box by Nairi Safaryan - Walnut Wood
Located in Santa Clarita, CA
Each stunning piece is hand carved to the limits of the wood's capacity by combining technical knowledge with artistic talent. Carving several layers deep, Nairi Safaryan's expert ha...
Category
2010s American Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Untitled, Ebony, Holly Wood sculpture by Nairi Safaryan
Located in Santa Clarita, CA
Each stunning piece is hand carved to the limits of the wood's capacity by combining technical knowledge with artistic talent. Carving several layers deep, Nairi Safaryan's expert ha...
Category
2010s American Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Other, Gold Plate
Elation, Cocobolo and Holly Wood sculpture by Nairi Safaryan
Located in Santa Clarita, CA
Each stunning piece is hand carved to the limits of the wood's capacity by combining technical knowledge with artistic talent. Carving several layers deep, Nairi Safaryan's expert ha...
Category
2010s American Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Gold Plate, Metal, Other
Precious Objet Stand
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic and shellac based inks on Ingres Paper
Stamped by artist on underside
A flat topped objet stand situated on three triangular legs, wrapped in Engelhart's 'Roman Stone' porph...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Paint, Paper
Girl with a Jar, Cocobolo Wood sculpture by Nairi Safaryan
Located in Santa Clarita, CA
Each stunning piece is hand carved to the limits of the wood's capacity by combining technical knowledge with artistic talent. Carving several layers deep, Nairi Safaryan's expert ha...
Category
2010s American Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Other, Gold Plate
Wine Goblet by Nairi Safaryan - Boxwood, Gold Plated Silver
Located in Santa Clarita, CA
Each stunning piece is hand carved to the limits of the wood's capacity by combining technical knowledge with artistic talent. Carving several layers deep, Nairi Safaryan's expert ha...
Category
2010s American Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Silver, Gold Plate
African Beauty II, Ebony, Boxwood, Cocobolo Wood sculpture by Nairi Safaryan
Located in Santa Clarita, CA
Each stunning piece is hand carved to the limits of the wood's capacity by combining technical knowledge with artistic talent. Carving several layers deep, Nairi Safaryan's expert ha...
Category
2010s American Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Other, Gold Plate
Belly Dance I, Boxwood sculpture by Nairi Safaryan
Located in Santa Clarita, CA
Each stunning piece is hand carved to the limits of the wood's capacity by combining technical knowledge with artistic talent. Carving several layers deep, Nairi Safaryan's expert ha...
Category
2010s American Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Boxwood
Ruga Ignis, Extruded Bioplastic Monumental Vessel
By Cody Norman
Located in Detroit, MI
An organic-form vessel made from robotically extruded bioplastic hand-dyed by the artist during the extrusion process. Ruga Ignis is part of an ongoing vessel series designed and fab...
Category
2010s American Other Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plastic
Skoby Joe Tall Black Textured Ceramic Vase Mid-Century Modern Vessel Wabi Sabi
By Skoby Joe
Located in La Jolla, CA
Joseph Skoby is a Southern Californian whose work is inspired by the nature of his native state. His ceramics, created in his own lush garden, recall his intimate dance with the ocea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Stoneware
blue and white zigzag table sculpture
By Abby Kasonik
Located in Charlottesville, VA
biomorphic ceramic sculpture in blue and white. hand painted bright blue geometric pattens over an undulating white form. the painted
patterns collide and create optical illusions ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Bronze and Ceramic Sculpture Plate
Located in Miami, FL
Handmade Sculptural Mid-Century Modern Platter of Bronze and Ceramic, a One of a Kind Piece, Signed
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Postmodern Italian Memphis Design Green Blue White Red Black Murano Glass Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A 1980s unique pair of Italian colorful Murano glass lamps in the style of Ettore Sottsass for Memphis. Constructed with tiers of highly vibrant and geometrical colored blown Murano ...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Peter Bramhall Magenta, Blue Glass Orb
Located in New York, NY
Spectacular mouth blown glass orb sculpture with internal magenta and petrol blue glass threads. Signed on bottom, Peter Bramhall.
Category
20th Century American Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Mid-CenturyModern Large Brutalist Ceramic and Bronze Sculptural Platter
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern Handmade Unique Brutalist Creation of Ceramic and Bronze. One of a Kind, Signed.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Biomorphic Plaster Sculpture style of Jean Arp
By Jean Arp
Located in Rochester, NY
Biomorphic plaster sculpture on wood stand. One of a kind artist hand crafted, hand sanded plaster. Sits on stand, not attached - pictures...
Category
Mid-20th Century Organic Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
American Studio Craft Paper Mache Columns w/ Cryptic Symbol Decoration
Located in Rochester, NY
Pair of American Studio craft movement free standing half round pilaster columns w/ ancient burnished terracotta appearance and cryptic symbol decoration. Columns were constructed fr...
Category
20th Century American Brutalist Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Paste, Paper, Wood, Natural Fiber, Fabric
Salviati Gaspari Murano Uranium UV Green Italian Art Glass Abstract Sculpture
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown vaseline yellow green with aqua green paint stroke Italian art glass sculpture on base. Documented to designer Luciano Gaspari for the Salviati co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Sommerso, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
Untitled, wood sculpture by Nairi Safaryan
Located in Santa Clarita, CA
Each stunning piece is hand carved to the limits of the wood's capacity by combining technical knowledge with artistic talent. Carving several layers deep, Nairi Safaryan...
Category
2010s American Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Other
Seymour Lipton "Phoenix Rising" MCM Direct Metal & Marble Sculpture! Art 1958
By Seymour Lipton
Located in Peoria, AZ
MAGNIFICENT!
DIRECT METAL SCULPTURE
"PHOENIX RISING"
MID CENTURY
ABSTRACT ART!
ATTRIBUTED TO SEYMOUR LIPTON
Signed & Titled
"Phoenix Rising" Lipton 1958
DIMENSIONS: 23" HIGH x 7...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Abstract Tabletop Sculpture in Contemporary Organic Style
Located in New York, NY
Entitled 'Matriarch', this original ceramic sculpture by Simone Bodmer-Turner weaves a mesmerizing narrative, where each curve and crevice leads to unexp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Bespoke Italian Monumental Handmade Geometric Modern Aluminum Marble Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Cosulich Interiors & Antiques uses adaptability in Design as the answer for transforming Art into a strategy to fulfill different functions that adapt to everyone's personality: this...
Category
2010s Italian Organic Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Aluminum
Mid-Century Modern Brass, Copper & Chrome Raindrops Wall Art Sculpture
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Exceptional wall art sculpture attributed to C. Jere.
3 dimensional torch cut brass, copper and chromed steel "drops"
arranged perfectly and welded to a copper frame.
Four rear h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Copper, Steel
Contemporary Small Mill-Stone-on-Stand Sculpture
Located in Sheffield, MA
The vintage small millstone sculpture is attached by an iron rod to a stone brick-shaped base. The piece has a decidedly contemporary modern look that will make a wonderful statemen...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Organic Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Iron
Big Bud Vase #9 by Robbie Heidinger
Located in New York, NY
Glazed stoneware. Green glazes, and great relief decoration. Artist signed on underside.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Stepping Out, Ebony and Holly wood sculpture by Nairi Safaryan
Located in Santa Clarita, CA
Each stunning piece is hand carved to the limits of the wood's capacity by combining technical knowledge with artistic talent. Carving several layers deep, Nairi Safaryan...
Category
2010s American Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Holly, Ebony
Time and Space II, Walnut and Ebony wood sculpture by Nairi Safaryan
Located in Santa Clarita, CA
Each stunning piece is hand carved to the limits of the wood's capacity by combining technical knowledge with artistic talent. Carving several layers deep, Nairi Safaryan...
Category
2010s American Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Other
Handmade Ceramic Nerikomi 'Zebra' Striped Black and White Vase by Fizzy Ceramics
Located in Hawthorne, CA
Each vase is made with slabs of alternating clay and formed into a cylinder and sculpted into the finished shape. Before each firing stage, the clay smudges are sanded and polished a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pottery
Vintage Sargadelos Porcelain Funny Witch Figure From Spain
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful ceramic porcelain rendition that is colorful and joyful. This piece is in great condition with no chips. The representation of "funny witch" is whimsical and unique. A gr...
Category
1990s Spanish Beaux Arts Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Alternative World, wood sculpture by Nairi Safaryan
Located in Santa Clarita, CA
Each stunning piece is hand carved to the limits of the wood's capacity by combining technical knowledge with artistic talent. Carving several layers deep, Nairi Safaryan...
Category
2010s American Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Other
Stephen Antonson Sculpture "Cathedral 4", 2021
By Stephen Antonson
Located in New York, NY
Unique sculpture in plaster by the American artist Stephen Antonson. Titled "Cathedral 4" made in 2021. The artist process of layering plaster with a brush...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Contemporary White Ceramic Sculpture in Organic Calla Lily Form
Located in New York, NY
'Calla Lily' by Simone-Bodmer Turner is a contemporary white ceramic sculpture that gracefully blends the realms of biomorphism and abstraction. Standing 24-inches tall, with a 12-i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Epoxy Resin
Monumental Harry Bertoia Silver Necklace, Bertoia Catalogue Raisonne D.JE.49
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
WEARABLE ART AN IMPORTANT DESIGN FOR A NECKLACE The necklace is unique and extraordinary. Because of its specific design elements it lays beautifully and comfortably on any body structure. This piece comes from a private collection. Provenance will accompany the piece. It has been authenticated by Val Bertoia and is listed in the Harry Bertoia Foundation Catalogue Raisonne # D.JE.49 having been authenticated as a Harry Bertoia piece.
REPLY FROM CHRISTIE'S:
"Dear Charles,
thank you for contacting Christie's. I am absolutely stunned to see the necklace by Harry Bertoia you have submitted for feedback from us, and I would love to speak with you about the work at your earliest convenience.
I am a great fan and a known expert in the work of Harry Bertoia, and I have handled over 600 of his sculptures, jewelry and art over the last 22 years. I have never seen a better piece of his jewelry, and it stands as one of the greatest objects in any category that he made.
Michael Jefferson
Senior Vice President
International Senior Specialist
Design"
The following is from Beverly H. Twitchell, PhD, author of Bertoia: The Metalworker, London: Phaidon, 2019. She provides a very informative critique of Bertoia and his jewelry.
Wearable Art an Important Design for a Necklace
“Before Harry Bertoia enrolled at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1937 he had already mastered traditional jewelers’ techniques, but his engagement with Modernism led him to invent and use more direct methods. Instead of precious metals and gems, Bertoia made jewelry that appealed through its design, craftsmanship and the nature of its materials. That approach would make Bertoia a direct predecessor of the American Studio Crafts movement.
So complex and cumulative are human perception and memory that we often do not know from where our own ideas come and without firm evidence, it is impossible to think we can establish the origins of an artist’s ideas. While his jewelry is entirely modern, chokers with multiple small pendants had come from ancient Mediterranean cultures: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Italy, even from Europe and America at the turn of the last century. Did Bertoia see works in books, journals or at the Detroit Institute of Arts that resonated with him or did he invent this on his own, as he would so many other forms?
Bertoia found inspiration in nature from an early age on a small farm in Italy and later in Cranbrook’s woods, on the beaches of southern California and in the fields near his home in eastern Pennsylvania where he lived after 1950. The fluidity and motion of the his jewelry characterize much of his art. In that spirit, too, he made jewelry that suited human anatomy and was animated by its wearer’s movement. Bertoia had the instincts of an engineer, as the intricacy of the present lot’s clasp and overall construction of the jewelry demonstrates. Large jewelry by Bertoia is very rare. A delight to the eye, and like all of Bertoia’s work it is timeless.
Bertoia had the instincts of an engineer, as the intricacy of the present lot's clasp and the overall construction of this piece demonstrate. Closed, the necklace sits on a table in a surprisingly conical shape, but it is so flexible that it conforms to its wearer from her neck nearly to her shoulders. Each handmade section is riveted to its neighbors, allowing it to adjust to the body while the pendants curve in many directions: one fits the left clavicle so precisely that Bertoia likely tried it on Brigitta Valentiner, who became his wife in 1943. Other pendants face toward or away from each other, bending up or down. Each element has been hammered into multiple curves and worked in Bertoia’s hands. Large jewelry by Bertoia is very rare. A delight to the eye, this necklace no doubt caused a sensation in its day as it might at the 2022 Met Ball in ours, for like all of Harry Bertoia’s work, it is timeless.”
Harry Bertoia (1915 – 1978) was an Italian-born American artist, jewelry creator and modern furniture designer. He was born in San Lorenzo d...
Category
1940s American Vintage Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
Contemporary Bronze Sculpture by Elliot Bergman
Located in Chicago, IL
Artist: Elliot Bergman
A sculpture of primitive forms based on African artifacts and mid-century art forms
Category
2010s Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Asian Antique Tropical Wood Hand - The Pearl of Wisdom Ornament
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A single, antique Asian tropical wood hand, the pearl of wisdom ornament, in good condition. The pearl was a symbol of the most valuable treasure, wisdom...
Category
Late 19th Century Burmese Antique Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
“Desert Owl” Abstract Sculpture by noted Palm Spring Artist Anwar Fonseca
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A wonderful abstract sculpture by the noted Palm Springs artist Anwar Fonseca. Mr Fonseca’s art has been featured regionally and this evocative work is titled “Desert Owl.” It is la...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Extremely RareHarry Bertoia Necklace Sterling Silver Lapis Coral ca. 1940
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Extremely rare combination pendant attached to custom-made chain by Harry Bertoia in sterling silver, containing one Lapis Lazuli and one Coral. This piece comes from a private collection. Provenance will accompany the piece. The work has been added to the Harry Bertoia Catalogue Raisonné and assigned the following catalogue raisonné number: D.JE.78.
Although associated with Mid-Century Modern furniture, Harry Bertoia was originally a jewelry designer who used both sterling silver, precious stones and gem stones. The pendant measures: 1.25" long x 1" wide. The necklace measures: 11" length with a measurement of 22" overall length. The chain and closure are all handcrafted and in his unique design. Lapis Lazuli measures 20mm round supported by one 6 mm red coral. Total weight is
33 grams.
The following is from Beverly H. Twitchell, PhD, author of Bertoia: The Metalworker, London: Phaidon, 2019. She provides a very informative critique of Bertoia and his jewelry.
Wearable Art an Important Design for a Necklace
“Before Harry Bertoia enrolled at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1937 he had already mastered traditional jewelers’ techniques, but his engagement with Modernism led him to invent and use more direct methods. Instead of precious metals and gems, Bertoia made jewelry that appealed through its design, craftsmanship and the nature of its materials. That approach would make Bertoia a direct predecessor of the American Studio Crafts movement.
So complex and cumulative are human perception and memory that we often do not know from where our own ideas come and without firm evidence, it is impossible to think we can establish the origins of an artist’s ideas. While his jewelry is entirely modern, chokers with multiple small pendants had come from ancient Mediterranean cultures: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Italy, even from Europe and America at the turn of the last century. Did Bertoia see works in books, journals or at the Detroit Institute of Arts that resonated with him or did he invent this on his own, as he would so many other forms?
Bertoia found inspiration in nature from an early age on a small farm in Italy and later in Cranbrook’s woods, on the beaches of southern California and in the fields near his home in eastern Pennsylvania where he lived after 1950. The fluidity and motion of the his jewelry characterize much of his art. In that spirit, too, he made jewelry that suited human anatomy and was animated by its wearer’s movement. Bertoia had the instincts of an engineer, as the intricacy of the present lot’s clasp and overall construction of the jewelry demonstrates. Large jewelry by Bertoia is very rare. A delight to the eye, and like all of Bertoia’s work it is timeless.”
Harry Bertoia (1915 – 1978) was an Italian-born American artist, jewelry creator and modern furniture designer. He was born in San Lorenzo d-Arzene, Pordenone, Italy. At age 15 he moved to Detroit, Michigan to live with his older brother, Oreste. He quickly learned English and the bus schedule and enrolled in Cass Tech High School in Detroit (1930-1936) where he studied art and design and learned the skill of handmade jewelry making. At that time, there were three jewelry and metals teachers Louise Green...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Coral, Lapis Lazuli, Sterling Silver
Rare Harry Bertoia Sterling Silver Brooch "Ginko Leaves" ca. 1940s
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
An extremely rare Harry Bertoia sterling silver brooch "Ginko Leaves." The brooch has been added to the Harry Bertoia Catalogue Raisonné and assigned the following catalogue raisonné number: D.JE.77. This piece comes from a private collection. Provenance will accompany the piece. The Brooch measures: 2.94 " long x 1.5 " wide x .30 " deep.
Although associated with Mid-Century Modern furniture, Harry Bertoia was originally a jewelry designer who used both sterling silver, precious stones and gem stones. The brooch and closure are all handcrafted and the clasp is his unique design.
The following is from Beverly H. Twitchell, PhD, author of Bertoia: The Metalworker, London: Phaidon, 2019. She provides a very informative critique of Bertoia and his jewelry.
Wearable Art an Important Design for a Necklace
“Before Harry Bertoia enrolled at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1937 he had already mastered traditional jewelers’ techniques, but his engagement with Modernism led him to invent and use more direct methods. Instead of precious metals and gems, Bertoia made jewelry that appealed through its design, craftsmanship and the nature of its materials. That approach would make Bertoia a direct predecessor of the American Studio Crafts movement.
So complex and cumulative are human perception and memory that we often do not know from where our own ideas come and without firm evidence, it is impossible to think we can establish the origins of an artist’s ideas. While his jewelry is entirely modern, chokers with multiple small pendants had come from ancient Mediterranean cultures: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Italy, even from Europe and America at the turn of the last century. Did Bertoia see works in books, journals or at the Detroit Institute of Arts that resonated with him or did he invent this on his own, as he would so many other forms?
Bertoia found inspiration in nature from an early age on a small farm in Italy and later in Cranbrook’s woods, on the beaches of southern California and in the fields near his home in eastern Pennsylvania where he lived after 1950. The fluidity and motion of the his jewelry characterize much of his art. In that spirit, too, he made jewelry that suited human anatomy and was animated by its wearer’s movement. Bertoia had the instincts of an engineer, as the intricacy of the present lot’s clasp and overall construction of the jewelry demonstrates. Large jewelry by Bertoia is very rare. A delight to the eye, and like all of Bertoia’s work it is timeless.”
Harry Bertoia (1915 – 1978) was an Italian-born American artist, jewelry creator and modern furniture designer. He was born in San Lorenzo d-Arzene, Pordenone, Italy. At age 15 he moved to Detroit, Michigan to live with his older brother, Oreste. He quickly learned English and the bus schedule and enrolled in Cass Tech High School in Detroit (1930-1936) where he studied art and design and learned the skill of handmade jewelry making. At that time, there were three jewelry and metals teachers Louise...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
82"x51" Metal Wall Sculpture in Stainless and Bronze #719
By Kue King
Located in Blowing Rock, NC
Aged bronze, stainless steel. Measures: 82" X 51".
Kue King created this elongated wall mounted sculpture using bronze and stainless steel wire. The bronze is aged to give the sculpture a warmth and depth in color and display. The stainless steel gives the sculpture a shine, reflectivity, and mirrored finish that adds sparkle to the room and picks up on colors that surround the piece.
Metal reflections highlight the feathery radius and create gentle shadows that deepen and project the sculpture into the wall. The radiating central bundles create a kaleidoscopic shadow effect that changes with viewing angle and lighting. Brightly lit, drama and strength dominates through reflection and shadow. By lowering the lighting the same piece becomes soft and alluring.
Kue uses an aesthetic reminiscent of trees, electricity, and light to create sculptures of peace and beauty. Adults and children alike see snowflakes, stars, flowers, a metal branch, ocean creatures...
Category
2010s American Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Wire, Stainless Steel, Bronze, Brass
"Weaving In Times" Ceramic Sculpture by Pernille Pontoppidan Perdersen, 2022
Located in New York, NY
Glazed ceramic sculpture on metal pedestal by the Danish artist Pernille Pontoppidan Pedersen. Titled "Weaving in Times" this piece was a part of ther NYC exhibition Tentacular Thin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Organic Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Bright Red Ceramic Sculpture, Hand Built, Six Soft Rectangles on Angled Legs
Located in New York, NY
Part of an ongoing exploration into the sculptural family of Modern Totemic Forms and Objects, all hand built in ceramic stoneware. They are "modern" in the Mid-Century Modern vein....
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Italian Metal Rings Sculpture
Located in Hudson, NY
Metal rings were used to create the unusual stepped sculpture, shown here, from Italy c. 1970s. Arranged in ascending and descending order, the coils are soldered in place to creat...
Category
1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Italian Metal Ring Sculpture from 1970's
Located in Hudson, NY
Metal rings were used to create the unusual stepped sculpture, shown here, from Italy c. 1970s. Arranged in ascending and descending order, the coils are soldered in place to creat...
Category
1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Biomorphic Lighting by Studio Chora, Table Lamp, Gray Concrete Finish, in Stock
By Studio Chora
Located in Albuquerque, NM
Designed by Studio Chora, Biomorphic 2 Series, 2023.
Biomorphic: ‘bios' meaning life and 'morphe' meaning form.
The Biomorphic series of organic light sculptures are one-of-a-kin...
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2010s American Brutalist Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Paper
Vintage Mid Century Curtis Jere "Shooting Star" Brass and Chrome Sculpture
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Mid Century Modern Curtis Jere "Shooting Star" Brass and Chrome Sculpture
The Vintage Mid Century Modern Curtis Jere “Shooting Star” Brass and Chrome Sculpture is a celestia...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Brass, Chrome
Luciano Gaspari for Salviati , Murano glass abstract sculpture .
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful abstract Murano glass sculpture by the very well known Murano Master Luciano Gaspari .
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Hand-Crafted Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
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